“No. Not yet but I’m ready, so if it happens—”

He tackled her before she could finished and she laughed out loud. She knew he’d be pleased but she was thrilled that he was this excited about it.

“It’s not just gonna happen, Roni,” he said devouring her mouth instantly arousing her. “Haven’t you picked up on the irony of life by now? Things only just happen when you’re not ready. When you’re ready, you start trying, and gadamn I feel like trying right now.”

She felt silly even asking but she didn’t want the excitement of this clouding his thinking so she had to. She palmed her hand against his shirt. “And you’re sure right?”

He pulled away but he took her hand, standing up. She stood up cautiously, hoping he hadn’t taken her asking the wrong way. She yelped startled when he suddenly lifted her and in the next second had her cradled in his arms. “Let me go show you how sure I am.”

Veronica wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. She wouldn’t tell him she may very well already be pregnant since she stopped taking her pills the last week of November—let him think he had to try extra hard.